RS 0.822.720.5 Convention n^o 105 concerning the abolition of forced labour

Original Language Title: RS 0.822.720.5 Convention n^o 105 concernant l’abolition du travail forcé

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0.822.720.5

Original text

Convention n ^O 105 concerning the abolition of forced labour

Adopted at Geneva on 25 June 1957

Approved by the Federal Assembly on 18 June 1958 ¹

Instrument of ratification deposited by Switzerland on 18 July 1958

Entry into force for Switzerland on 18 July 1959

(State on 21 March 2013)

The General Conference of the International Labour Organization,

Convened in Geneva by the Governing Council of the International Labour Office, meeting on 5 June 1957 at its fortieth session;

Having considered the issue of forced labour, which is the fourth item on the agenda of the session;

After taking note of the provisions of the Convention on Forced Labour, 1930 ²;

After noting that the 1926 convention ³ On slavery provides that useful measures must be taken to ensure that forced or compulsory labour does not result in conditions similar to slavery and that the 1956 Supplementary Convention ⁴ On the abolition of slavery, the slave trade and slavery-like institutions and practices is intended to achieve the complete abolition of debt bondage and servitude;

After noting that the Wage Protection Convention, 1949, states that wages will be paid at regular intervals and prohibits payment methods which deprive the worker of any real possibility of leaving his employment;

After deciding to adopt other proposals relating to the abolition of certain forms of forced or compulsory labour constituting a violation of human rights as covered by the Charter of the United Nations ⁵ And statements in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;

After deciding that these proposals would take the form of an international convention,

Adopts, On this twenty-fifth day of June m nine hundred and fifty-seven the following convention, which will be called the Convention on the Abolition of Forced Labour, 1957.

Art. 1

Any Member of the International Labour Organization which ratifies this Convention undertakes to abolish forced or compulsory labour and to refrain from using it in any form:

A.: As a measure of coercion or political education or as a sanction against persons who have or express certain political opinions or express their ideological opposition to the established political, social or economic order;
B.: As a method of mobilizing and using labour for economic development purposes;
C.: As a measure of work discipline;
D.: As a punishment for taking part in strikes;
E.: As a measure of racial, social, national or religious discrimination.

Art. 2

Any Member of the International Labour Organization ratifying this Convention undertakes to take effective measures for the immediate and complete abolition of forced or compulsory labour as described in Article 1 of the Convention. Convention.

Art. 3

The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to and registered by the Director General of the International Labour Office.

Art. 4

(1) This Convention shall only bind the Members of the International Labour Organization whose ratification has been registered by the Director General.

2. It shall enter into force twelve months after the ratifications of two Members have been registered by the Director General.

3. Thereafter, this Convention shall enter into force for each Member twelve months after the date on which its ratification has been registered.

Art. 5

1. Any Member having ratified this Convention may denounce it at the expiration of a period of ten years after the date of the initial entry into force of the Convention by an act communicated to the Director General of the International Labour Office And by registered him. The denunciation shall take effect only one year after being registered.

2. Any Member having ratified this Convention which, within one year of the expiration of the ten-year period referred to in the preceding paragraph, shall not make use of the right of denunciation provided for in this Article shall be bound For a new period of ten years and thereafter may denounce this Convention at the expiration of each ten-year period under the conditions laid down in this Article.

Art. 6

The Director General of the International Labour Office shall notify all Members of the International Labour Organization of the registration of all ratifications and denunciations made available to it by the Members of the Organization.

2. By notifying the Members of the Organization of the registration of the second ratification which has been communicated to it, the Director General shall call the attention of the Members of the Organization on the date on which this Convention enters into force Vigor.

Art. 7

The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall communicate to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, for the purposes of registration, in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, complete information about all Ratifications and all acts of denunciation which it has registered in accordance with the preceding Articles.

Art. 8

Whenever it deems it necessary, the Governing Council of the International Labour Office shall submit to the General Conference a report on the application of this Convention and consider whether it should be included in the agenda of the Conference the question of its total or partial revision.

Art.

1. In the event that the Conference adopts a new convention for the total or partial revision of this Convention, and unless the new Convention provides otherwise:

A.: Ratification by a Member of the new revision agreement would, notwithstanding section 5 above, be subject to the immediate termination of this Agreement, provided that the new revision agreement is entered into In force;
B.: From the date of entry into force of the new Convention for revision, this Convention shall cease to be open for ratification by Members.

(2) This Convention shall in any case remain in force in its form and content for Members who have ratified it and which do not ratify the Convention for revision.

Art. 10

The English and French versions of the text of this Agreement are equally authentic.

Scope of application on 21 March 2013 ⁶


States Parties	Ratification Statement of Succession (S)		Entry into force


Afghanistan	May 16	1963	May 16	1964
South Africa	March 5	1997	March 5	1998
Albania	February 27	1997	February 27	1998
Algeria	12 June	1969	12 June	1970
Germany	22 June	1959	22 June	1960
Angola	4 June	1976 S	4 June	1976
Antigua and Barbuda	2 February	1983 S	2 February	1983
Saudi Arabia	15 June	1978	15 June	1979
Argentina	January 18	1960	January 18	1961
Armenia	17 December	2004	17 December	2005
Australia	7 June	1960	7 June	1961
Norfolk Island	5 October	1961	5 October	1961
Austria	March 5	1958	March 5	1959
Azerbaijan	August 9	2000	August 9	2001
Bahamas	25 May	1976 S	25 May	1976
Bahrain	July 14	1998	July 14	1999
Bangladesh	22 June	1972 S	22 June	1972
Barbados	8 May	1967 S	8 May	1967
Belarus	September 25	1995	September 25	1996
Belgium	23 January	1961	23 January	1962
Belize	15 December	1983 S	15 December	1983
Benin	22 May	1961	22 May	1962
Bolivia	11 June	1990	11 June	1991
Bosnia and Herzegovina	15 November	2000	15 November	2001
Botswana	5 June	1997	5 June	1998
Brazil	18 June	1965	18 June	1966
Bulgaria	23 March	1999	23 March	2000
Burkina Faso	August 25	1997	August 25	1998
Burundi	March 11	1963 S	March 11	1963
Cambodia	August 23	1999	August 23	2000
Cameroon	3 September	1962 S	3 September	1962
Canada	July 14	1959	July 14	1960
Cape Verde	3 April	1979 S	3 April	1979
Chile	1 ^Er February	1999	1 ^Er February	2000
China
Hong Kong ^A	6 June	1997	1 ^Er July	1997
Macao ^B^C	20 December	1999	20 December	1999
Cyprus	23 September	1960 S	23 September	1960
Colombia	7 June	1963	7 June	1964
Comoros	23 October	1978 S	23 October	1978
Congo (Brazzaville)	26 November	1999	26 November	2000
Congo, Kinshasa	20 June	2001	20 June	2002
Costa Rica	4 May	1959	4 May	1960
Côte d' Ivoire	5 May	1961	5 May	1962
Croatia	March 5	1997	March 5	1998
Cuba	2 June	1958	2 June	1959
Denmark	17 January	1958	17 January	1959
Faroe Islands	17 January	1958	17 January	1959
Greenland	17 January	1958	17 January	1959
Djibouti	August 3	1978 S	August 3	1978
Dominica	28 February	1983 S	28 February	1983
Egypt	23 October	1958	23 October	1959
El Salvador	18 November	1958	18 November	1959
United Arab Emirates	24 February	1997	24 February	1998
Ecuador	5 February	1962	5 February	1963
Eritrea	22 February	2000	22 February	2001
Spain	6 November	1967	6 November	1968
Estonia	7 February	1996	7 February	1997
United States *	September 25	1991	September 25	1992
Ethiopia	24 March	1999	24 March	2000
Fiji	19 April	1974 S	19 April	1974
Finland	27 May	1960	27 May	1961
France *	18 December	1969	18 December	1970
Guadeloupe	27 November	1974	27 November	1974
Guyana (French)	27 November	1974	27 November	1974
Martinique	27 November	1974	27 November	1974
New Caledonia	27 November	1974	27 November	1974
French Polynesia	27 November	1974	27 November	1974
Meeting	27 November	1974	27 November	1974
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	27 November	1974	27 November	1974
Gabon	29 May	1961	29 May	1962
Gambia	4 September	2000	4 September	2001
Georgia	23 September	1996	23 September	1997
Ghana	15 December	1958	15 December	1959
Greece	30 March	1962	30 March	1963
Grenada	July 9	1979 S	July 9	1979
Guatemala	9 December	1959	9 December	1960
Guinea	July 11	1961	July 11	1962
Equatorial Guinea	13 August	2001	13 August	2002
Guinea-Bissau	21 February	1977 S	21 February	1977
Guyana	8 June	1966 S	8 June	1966
Haiti	March 4	1958	March 4	1959
Honduras	August 4	1958	August 4	1959
Hungary	4 January	1994	4 January	1995
India	18 May	2000	18 May	2001
Indonesia	7 June	1999	7 June	2000
Iran	13 April	1959	13 April	1960
Iraq	15 June	1959	15 June	1960
Ireland	11 June	1958	11 June	1959
Iceland	29 November	1960	29 November	1961
Israel	10 April	1958	10 April	1959
Italy	15 March	1968	15 March	1969
Jamaica	26 December	1962 S	26 December	1962
Jordan	March 31	1958	March 31	1959
Kazakhstan	18 May	2001	18 May	2002
Kenya	13 January	1964 S	13 January	1964
Kyrgyzstan	18 February	1999	18 February	2000
Kiribati	3 February	2000 S	3 February	2000
Kuwait	21 September	1961	21 September	1962
Lesotho	14 June	2001	14 June	2002
Latvia	27 January	1992	27 January	1993
Lebanon	1 ^Er June	1977	1 ^Er June	1978
Liberia	25 May	1962	25 May	1963
Libya	13 June	1961	13 June	1962
Lithuania	26 September	1994	26 September	1995
Luxembourg	24 July	1964	24 July	1965
Macedonia	July 15	2003	July 15	2004
Madagascar	6 June	2007	6 June	2008
Malawi	19 November	1999	19 November	2000
Maldives	4 January	2013	4 January	2014
Mali	28 May	1962	28 May	1963
Malta	4 January	1965 S	4 January	1965
Morocco	1 ^Er December	1966	1 ^Er December	1967
Mauritius	2 December	1969 S	2 December	1969
Mauritania	3 April	1997	3 April	1998
Mexico	1 ^Er June	1959	1 ^Er June	1960
Moldova	10 March	1993	10 March	1994
Mongolia	15 March	2005	15 March	2006
Montenegro	3 June	2006 S	3 June	2006
Mozambique	6 June	1977	6 June	1978
Namibia	15 November	2000	15 November	2001
Nauru	September 5	1968 S	September 5	1968
Nepal	August 30	2007	August 30	2008
Nicaragua	October 31	1967	October 31	1968
Niger	23 March	1962	23 March	1963
Nigeria	17 October	1960 S	17 October	1960
Norway	April 14	1958	April 14	1959
New Zealand	14 June	1968	14 June	1969
Cook Islands	28 September	1973	28 September	1973
Niue	14 June	1968	14 June	1969
Tokelau	14 June	1968	14 June	1969
Oman	July 21	2005	July 21	2006
Uganda	4 June	1963 S	4 June	1963
Uzbekistan	15 December	1997	15 December	1998
Pakistan	February 15	1960	February 15	1961
Panama	May 16	1966	May 16	1967
Papua New Guinea	1 ^Er May	1976 S	1 ^Er May	1976
Paraguay	May 16	1968	May 16	1969
Netherlands	18 February	1959	18 February	1960
Aruba	1 ^Er January	1986	18 February	1960
Curaçao	18 February	1959	18 February	1960
Caribbean (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba)	18 February	1959	18 February	1960
Sint Maarten	18 February	1959	18 February	1960
Peru	6 December	1960	6 December	1961
Philippines	17 November	1960	17 November	1961
Poland	July 30	1958	July 30	1959
Portugal	23 November	1959	23 November	1960
Qatar	2 February	2007	2 February	2008
Central African Republic	9 June	1964	9 June	1965
Dominican Republic	23 June	1958	23 June	1959
Czech Republic	August 6	1996	August 6	1997
Romania	August 3	1998	August 3	1999
United Kingdom	December 30	1957	17 January	1959
Anguilla	August 20	1958	17 January	1959
Bermuda	10 June	1958	17 January	1959
Gibraltar	10 June	1958	17 January	1959
Guernsey	March 17	1959	March 17	1959
Isle of Man	March 17	1959	March 17	1959
Falkland Islands	July 8	1958	17 January	1959
British Virgin Islands	July 8	1958	17 January	1959
Jersey	March 17	1959	March 17	1959
Montserrat	10 June	1958	17 January	1959
St. Helena	10 June	1958	17 January	1959
Russia	July 2	1998	July 2	1999
Rwanda	18 September	1962 S	18 September	1962
Saint Lucia	14 May	1980 S	14 May	1980
Saint Kitts and Nevis	12 October	2000	12 October	2001
San Marino	1 ^Er February	1995	1 ^Er February	1996
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	21 October	1998 S	May 31	1995
Solomon Islands	13 April	2012	13 April	2013
Samoa	30 June	2008	30 June	2009
Sao Tome and Principe	4 May	2005	4 May	2006
Senegal	28 July	1961	28 July	1962
Serbia	10 July	2003	10 July	2004
Seychelles	February 6	1978 S	February 6	1978
Sierra Leone	13 June	1961 S	13 June	1961
Slovakia	29 September	1997	29 September	1998
Slovenia	24 June	1997	24 June	1998
Somalia	18 November	1960 S	18 November	1960
Sudan	22 October	1970	22 October	1971
South Sudan	29 April	2012	29 April	2013
Sri Lanka	7 January	2003	7 January	2004
Sweden	2 June	1958	2 June	1959
Switzerland	18 July	1958	18 July	1959
Suriname	15 June	1976 S	15 June	1976
Swaziland	28 February	1979	28 February	1980
Syria	23 October	1958	23 October	1959
Tajikistan	23 September	1999	23 September	2000
Tanzania	22 June	1964 S	22 June	1964
Chad	8 June	1961	8 June	1962
Thailand	2 December	1969	2 December	1970
Togo	10 July	1999	10 July	2000
Trinidad and Tobago	24 May	1963 S	24 May	1963
Tunisia	12 January	1959	12 January	1960
Turkmenistan	15 May	1997	15 May	1998
Turkey	March 29	1961	March 29	1962
Ukraine	14 December	2000	14 December	2001
Uruguay	22 November	1968	22 November	1969
Vanuatu	August 28	2006	August 28	2007
Venezuela	16 November	1964	16 November	1965
Yemen ^D	April 14	1969 S	April 14	1969
Zambia	22 February	1965	22 February	1966
Zimbabwe	August 27	1998	August 27	1999

*	Reservations and declarations. Reservations and declarations are not published in the RO. The texts in English and French can be consulted at the website of the International Labour Organisation: www.ilo.org/ilolex/french/convdisp1.htm or obtained in the Directorate of Public International Law (DDIP), Section of the International treaties, 3003 Berne.
^A	From 25 November to 30 June 1997, the Convention was applicable in Hong Kong on the basis of a declaration of territorial extension of the United Kingdom. The 1 ^Er July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. By virtue of the Chinese declaration of 6 June 1997, the Convention is also applicable to the Hong Kong SAR from that 1 ^Er July 1997.
^B	Applicable without modification.
^C	From Oct. 4. 1999 to 19 Dec. 1999, the Convention was applicable to Macao on the basis of a declaration of territorial extension of Portugal. From Dec 20. 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. By virtue of the Chinese declaration of Dec. 1999, the Convention is also applicable to the Macao SAR from 20 Dec. 1999.
^D	22.05.1990: Unification of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen in the Republic of Yemen.

RO 1958 507; FF 1958 I 571

¹ RO 1958 505
² RS 0.822.713.9
³ RS 0.311.37
⁴ RS 0.311.371
⁵ RS 0.120
⁶ RO 1973 1684, 1975 2502, 1982 840, 1985 290, 1992 673, 2005 1853, 2008 31, 2010 3991, 2013 967. A version of the updated scope of application is published on the DFAE website (www.dfae.admin.ch/traites).

Status on March 21, 2013

RS 0.822.720.5 Convention no 105 concerning the abolition of forced labour

Original Language Title: RS 0.822.720.5 Convention no 105 concernant l’abolition du travail forcé